They limited to cod harvest, and that brought back the cod.
The cod recovery attracted the seals which are now very numerous as far south as New Jersey.
The seal attract the sharks that like to eat them.
Don’t look like a seal? You should be OK.
Here is the problem people have in the white sharks domain.
We might not be on a white shark’s menu, but how does a shark determine a seal sized person isn’t as good a meal, or maybe a better meal than a seal?
A sample bite taken with large triangular serrated teeth can be a devastating problem for us, even if we are afterwards rejected as not being a suitable meal for the shark